Heya… The Today show just phoned me look­ing for War­craft play­ers… I sug­ges­ted they should talk to you, grey_evil_twin and matoko, but I thought I’d let you decide. Please phone Chris Bend­all on 03 9420 3618 or 0403 146 968 or e‑mail cbendall@nine.com.au. He’s…

A week­end away is really just too brief, isn’t it? Spent today wan­der­ing around winer­ies and fro­mager­ies on Bri­an’s request and every­one’s gen­eral agree­ment. I would have liked some more rain­forest and a little more ocean or stream, but there’s many other…

Here I am, about to turn 35, sit­ting in the most beau­ti­ful place, listen­ing to gor­geous music, drink­ing red wine, eating chocol­ate truffles. I spent the day tromp­ing up Cradle Moun­tain around Dove Lake and then had a three-course meal served by a French-cana­dian named…

In the last few days I have made use of my spare (read ‘between con­tracts’) time and seen lots of Art. 1. Bar­bara Kruger @ ACCA. Four install­a­tions. Two moving pro­jec­ted video poems, both of which were good but not shock­ing or par­tic­u­larly thought-pro­vok­ing for me.…

Now this is just get­ting petty. Get over it already, homophobes.

Don’t forget! Birth­day drinks at St Jerome tonight, from 7ish, Cale­do­nian Lane behind the Lounge, Mel­bourne… (ps: anyone who knows my his­tory… I just went for a run!!! Maybe the bike acci­dent actu­ally helped fix some of my back problems?!)

At Wood­ford and as a sup­port act for Ember Swift, I saw per­form­ance poet Alix Olsen. She was a little full-on for my Wood­ford-space sens­ib­il­ity but exactly right for a pre-Ember event. She does a rap about the women who went before us, Mary Daly, Ger­maine Greer, and a…

I’m actu­ally really glad that Heath didn’t win Best Actor for the Golden Globes. There’s been a trend for a while of award­ing women for roles where they have to be ugly. For example, Hil­lary Swank for Boys Don’t Cry (having to butch up), Charl­ize Theron for Monster…

As many of you know, I’m going to Tassie for my actual birth­day this year. But I’m also plan­ning on going to St Jerome’s for drinks this Thursday (19/01), just because. I figure, why not make it a *birth­day drinks*. *nods* So, come cel­eb­rate my birth­day with me, this…

Doing my annual round-up of poetry that deserves to make it out of the vaults and onto my poetry page. Apart from the Min­strels and Mis­chief cycle which I am inor­din­ately pleased with, there’s very little that makes the cut in the last two years. One of the two poems…